Improvement in cotton-bale tie



nit gratas utrat @ffice JOI-IN I?. MILLIGAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND J. W. BRANCH, OF SAME IJLAGF.

Letters Patent No. 69,113, dated September 24, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALB TIE.

e c u TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CQNCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. MILLIGAN, of the city and county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in l'I'ies for Ealing-Bands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thclett-ers of reference marked thereon. l i

This invention relates to a metallic tie-piece, thc opposite ends of which are placed in parallel planes, the top face of one end and the'bottom face ot' the other end being located in nearly or quite the same plane indicated in the sectional drawings by' the lino a* x. Each end of the tic-piece is pierced with a mortise for the reception of the end of the heling-band.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved tie, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view ci' one of the improved tics as it appears when in the position of securing the two band ends together. i

Figure 2 is a plan ofthe tie-piece.

Figure 3 yis a. section of the same, taken on the line g/ y of fig. 2. A

Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of the tie and portions of the band ends as theyappear while in the :1ct ot` coupling. v Y

The tic-piece A-A has two mortises L a for the reception of the band ends B B', the irst of which is to be entered through its mortise and doubled back around the end rail of the tic-piece and secured in place by riveting, or otherwise, as may be preferred, preparatory to the application of the band to the bale. The end B is then te be inserted through its inortise in the manner shown in tig. 4; the tie-piece being turned up partly on one edge to facilitate the entrance, after which, when the press is released from the bale, the expanding force ofthe saidbale wiii press the end I3 into a sharp bend across the lower corner of the central rail of the tiepiecc and the upper corner of the end Vrail, thus making this form of a tie a self-acting one, readilyadaptable to any portion of the band, the whole strength of which may be obtained, as there are no pcrforations of the attachment of the tie-picco. The formation of the tic-piece, with its two ends'A A connected together at 'the central rail ai in such a manner that said ends are placed in parallel planes with the line x which bisects the tie-piece, falling nearly7 or quite in the bottom'surface of A and the top surface of A, is the chief improvement in this form of tic, as such construction permits an easy entrance for the end B of the band, and securely binds it across the corners oi'` the rails forming the mortise al, when once it is in place on the bale.

I am aware that ties of similar shape have been shown in the reissued Letters Patent to James Speer, dated February 19, 1867, in which a buckle is shown, the bend whereol' is in a direct line ef the mortises, thus permitting the ends of u. band to bc simply hooked to the bearing on the central rail of the clasp, but in ncwise securing the tie against end thrust. Now, it will be observed that the form by me described is ysubstantially that of two single mortise tic-plates placed with the ends overtopping, thus forming a central rail c2 of double thickness of any other part. In the action of my said tie the band end B is as shown permanently secured, but the end B is passed on the upper face of the part A downwardly and under the central rail, and thereupon, by the force of the compressed material under the band, this end is forced upward past the edge of a and then lies closely under B. 'Ihus thc end B receives a double bend or kink, which prevents the same from moving either under longitudinal thrust or push, and thus I have formed a more secure and limproved tie.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is v The tie-piece formed of the parts A and A, having the mortises a and al respectively, and being joined by a central rail, a2, in thc manner set forth', when combined with and acting upon the band ends I3 and I3', substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand and seal in presence of JDIIN Ii. MILLIGAN. [n

'Witnesses M. RANDOLPH, Cues. II. Borte. 

